The murder retrial of Stanley Liggins has ended in Waterloo with no verdict. Monday afternoon Scott County Judge Marlita Greve declared a mistrial after the jury reported it could not agree on a verdict after about three days of deliberations.
Liggins was being tried for the third time for the 1990 killing of nine-year-old Jennifer Lewis from Rock Island. Her body was found behind an elementary school in Davenport.
Liggins had been convicted in his two previous trials but both convictions were thrown out by appelate courts.
Scott County Attorney Mike Walton says Liggins will remain in jail. Liggins will likely eventually face a fourth trial, time and place to be determined.
